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blogblog123

Hi all, newly diagnosed with OA in lower back, all the pain I was having started in my knee, giving way when walking and sudden sharp pain, had x Ray on the knee but was surprised nothing shown up my doc said probably early OA, pain still continued and couple of months later was experiencing pain in groin also down whole of the leg and also back pain, so was referred to a musculoskeletal clinic were I had x Ray on hips and lumber spine, results were OA in left hip and lower spine, which I was told was causing all my pain in knee and leg etc. I believe the term is referred pain. Was wandering if any of you lovely people are similar to me and what is your experience of this condition.Any info greatly appreciated. Lainy :-)

tjt6768

welcome to the forum.. Hope that you aren't sitting too much today and the sun is shining wherever you are..

I've got OA in my lower spine, knees, RA in hands, wrists, elbows and possibly knees now too.
I have suffered from differed pain in my hip from my back quite a lot. My Uncle had chronic knees pain until they replaced his hip, the knee pain stopped straight away..

I know I've not really given much help here, but I'm sure more folds will be along soon, we are a friendly bunch..
Join in wherever you want..

Chit chat is always good for a bit of fun..


Be well

valval

hi do not have oa but do get refured pain in my hip from knee silly as it seems it what they tell me lol welcome great to have you see you have met tony out forum now how shall i put it no that no good , and that not quite right ok our mr nice guy

stickywicket

Hi Blogblog123 and welcome from me too.

Yes, referred pain is fairly common, especially between hips and knees though I find I can get it virtually anywhere depending on which joint I’m currently trying to spare – shoulders and anywhere else down the arm are another combination.

Groin pain can be a classic indication of an arthritic hip. Mine was certainly worse there than in my back before I got new ones. I presume you have some meds and I hope they do a fair job for you.

Well, I’m sorry you’ve had to join us but this is a good place to be – apart from the arthritis, of course.

skezier

Hi Lainy,

Welcome from me as well.

I get a huge amount of referred pain from both the back and neck and its terrible what they can do to your legs feet and arms....

There are things that might help with it though and maybe you could ask for a bit of help? Mine is via pregabalins and a lot of pain clinic intervention.... though the latter is well over due but normally its re-done every 3 moths to 4.

I really hope they will do more for you and again welcome and nice to meet you. Cris x

tjt6768

it's official, Val says so.. I'm Mr Nice Guy.. Lol

barbara12

Hi Lainey
And welcome to this lovely forum, I first went to see a specialist with my knee, and was told it was coming from my hip, and also I have OA in the spine, so at the min they cant tell how much of the pain is coming from the hips or the spine, but I do know that on xray both my hips are ready to be replaced, so I do know some of what you are going through.
I did get sciatic pain from my back and was put on gabapentin, but at the minute this isn't working like it should.
I do wish you well with everything, and hope you stay with us.

blogblog123

Thank you all for your replys and for making me feel welcome on here, just at the stage where I have a appointment with my gp so going to ask for some pain killers also have a appointment for some physio, Just wandering how the OA i have will progress will it just deteriate over time or stay pretty much the same as it is now, what has your experience been? I also get pain in fingers and wrist at times is this part of the diagnosis or would this have to be confirmed with x rays ? If I can just tell you all a little of my medical history....I had breast cancer at the age of 35 which is 10 years ago now I had 6 mths of chemo followed by 5 weeks of radiotherapy due to the removal of my lymph nodes I then developed lymphodema in my left arm, I do have arthritis in my left shoulder also which showed up on a body scan I had several years ago, but now I am wandering could my OA been brought on by the treatment in the past, are there any ladies on here who have experienced similar. Many thanks lainy.:-)

valval

hi lainy can not help with your questions but we all react differently with arther no one person is the same as the other so we can not tell you how you will progress but are here if you need us val

blogblog123

Thanks Val, I suppose it's a bit like asking how long is a piece of string, just fearful of how it's going to affect me as I get older. :-)

stickywicket

Lainy, one thing you learn on this forum is that it’s impossible to predict how anyone’s arthritis will progress because we all have vastly different experiences with both the disease(s) and the meds. Painkillers and physio are the standard treatment for OA, the painkillers to dull the pain and the physio to keep your muscles strong so that they can support your joints better and so ease the pain. As for the pain in your fingers and wrists – well, we’re not docs and we can’t diagnose. Your GP would be the one to sort that out.

Bearing in mind what I just wrote – that we’re not docs and can’t diagnose – I don’t really see why your breast cancer treatment should have caused the OA. Mine’s RA (but with OA too as I’ve had it for so long). I had a mastectomy about 20 years ago now followed by chemo. My shoulders were already so affected by arthritis that they couldn’t do radiotherapy as they couldn’t access the shoulder(!) but I’ve definitely not noticed any arthritic bits of me being noticeably worse, or getting worse quicker, after all that than before. In fact the steroids they gave me to build me up for the chemo were lovely – but then we auto-immune types do love steroids.

tjt6768

blimey, you've had a tough time hun. I know that OA can stay unchanged for years but can also deteriorate fairly quickly.
I hope that your GP is on the ball and gets you seen and sorted soon. You shouldn't have to put up with the pain, there are so many different painkillers to try. As Val said though, we all react differently to not just the arthur but the meds and treatments too.

I wish you well mi dear...

blogblog123

Thanks again guys for the replys, yes sticky wicket your right prob nothing to do with chemo etc, just that I was on arimidex up until last year that does give you joint pain and stiffness So I guess it's just unfortunate I have developed OA too. Goodnight to you all.

valval

hope you got some sleep we all go through the what is the futer going to be like you would not be normal if you did not especialy on bad days make sure you always tell it as it is do not gloss over things as we tend to do with not bad ok better than was lol anything but the list of pain there is a pain map one of the posters will send you great for filling in you can show doc with out having to spel it all out got reaction from my doc lol as had only mentioned one pain at a time to see it all on paper helps val